| University of Delaware | 180 Graham Hall | Newark, DE 19716 | <div class="ExternalClassF46379A63D1D45B8B932B70323BC53B5"><p>As a senior fellow with IPA, Ms. Scott has expertise in city management, public policy analysis, land use and transportation planning, economic development, municipal budgeting and grants management. She has managed and served as a principal investigator on research projects to improve mobility and interconnectivity, advance sustainable land use and transportation planning, foster mobility-friendly design, healthy and complete communities, and improve transportation equity and multi-modal transportation opportunities. Ms. Scott developed a framework to plan for Complete Communities in Delaware, in collaboration with the Delaware Department of Transportation and Office of State Planning Coordination. She oversaw the development of content and visual tools for the online <a href="https://www.completecommunitiesde.org/">Delaware Complete Communities Planning Toolbox</a>, which provides resources for Delaware local government to plan for "attractive, inclusive, healthy & resilient places." A collection of "Implementing Complete Communities in Delaware" GIS Story Maps may be viewed on <a href="https://goo.gl/PgeDAK">an online gallery</a> and YouTube videos may be viewed on the <a href="https://goo.gl/7wo9Vg">Complete Communities channel</a>.<br></p><p>Ms. Scott has made presentations at the 2018 Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS) annual conference, 2017/2014 Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the 2018 Delaware APA conference and the 2016/2014 regional conferences of the Delaware/Maryland American Planning Association (APA). Prior to working with IPA, Ms. Scott served as grants administrator with the Borough of Downingtown, Pa., and Assistant City Manager with the City of Newark, Del.</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassD026E68FFC944A2CBFABC2F53DEBB7C5"><p>2021–Present<br>Senior Fellow, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware<br></p><p>2013–2021<br>Policy Scientist, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware</p><p>2006–2013 <br>Associate Policy Scientist, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware</p><p>2003–2006 <br>Government Specialist, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware</p><p>1998–2003 <br>Grants Administrator, Borough of Downingtown, Pennsylvania</p><p>1989–2000 <br>Newsletter Editor, City of Newark, Delaware</p><p>1985–1989 <br>Assistant to the City Manager, City of Newark, Delaware</p><p>1985 <br>Management Analyst, Delaware Public Administration Institute, College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware</p><p>1984 <br>Management Intern, City of Rockville, Maryland</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass31A1AD67662549D69CFC8B32C29D877D"><p>International City/County Management Association (ICMA)</p><p>Delaware Association for Public Administration (DAPA) </p><p> Transportation Research Board (TRB)<br></p><p>City Managers Association of Delaware<br></p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassA50E3B1BC15D400B93FC6B3E35F7975A"><p>Transportation Improvement Districts: An Overview for Local Government Leaders, (with Sarah Pragg and Sarah Coakley), March 2018, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Public Outreach and Engagement Plan To Develop a Coordinated Public Transit — Human-Services Transportation Plan for Delaware, (with Betsey Suchanic and Julia O’Hanlon), December 2017, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Evaluating the State of Mobility Management and Specialized Transportation Coordination in Delaware and report appendices document, (with Julia O’Hanlon, Evan Miller, and Jessica Stump), June 2017, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.<br></p><p>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware: Support, Development, Promotion, and Maintenance of the Delaware Complete Communities Planning Toolbox, (with Sarah Pragg, Haley Stanko, and Tim White), June 2017, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Research of Viable Attributes and Potential to Integrate Curbside Intercity Buses (with Christopher G. Kelly, Eileen Collins, Jerome R. Lewis, Ardeshir Faghri, and Mingxin Li), 2017, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration. Selected for inclusion in the international Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) annual compendium of papers.</p><p>GIS Story Maps: A Tool to Empower and Engage Stakeholders in Planning Sustainable Places (with Savannah Edwards, Sinaya Dayan, Tuan Nguyen, and Jeff Cragle), October 2016. Charlottesville, VA: Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability – University Transportation (MATS-UTC).</p><p>The Use of Smart-Growth Scorecards/Assessment Tools to Advance Sustainable Land-Use Practices (with Mingxin Li, Philip J. Barnes, William Stavru, Sinaya Dayan, Curtis Jones, Justin Matthews, and Jeff Cragle), June 2016. Charlottesville, VA: Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center.</p><p>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware: Research to Develop the Low-Stress Bikeability Assessment Tool (with William DeCoursey and Kirsten Jones), March 2016, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>2016 Funding and Technical Assistance Handbook for Delaware Local Governments (with Alexa Scoglietti, Scott Eisenhart, Saran Singh, Gemma Tierney, Martin Wollaston and Marcia Scott), February 2016, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Healthy and Complete Communities in Delaware: The Walkability Assessment Tool (with Julia O’Hanlon and Lexi West), January 2016, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Creating Flood-Ready Communities: A Guide for Delaware Local Governments (with Brandon Grabelsky), January 2016, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Strategic Promotion and Dissemination of the Online Delaware Complete Communities Planning Toolbox Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware (with Sarah Pragg and Frank Telleri), December 2015, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware: The Low-Stress Bikeability Assessment Tool (with Kirsten Jones and William DeCoursey), December 2015, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Virginia Sustainable Travel Choices: Effects of Land Use and Location on Current and Future Travel Options (collaborating advisor with Peter Ohlms, Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation for Andrew Mondschein, University of Virginia), June 2015, Charlottesville, VA: MATS UTC</p><p>Research to Assess Branding and Marketing Needs for DelDOT TMC’s Real-Time Traveler Information System (with Sarah Pragg, William DeCoursey, Neil W. Kirschling, Geoffrey A. Heath, and Rebekah Inman Perry), June 2014, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Research to Assess Branding and Marketing Needs for DelDOT TMC’s Real-Time Traveler Information System: Summary Brief (with Sarah Pragg, Neil Kirshling, Geoffrey Heath, Rebecca Inman Perry, and Bernard Dworsky), May 2014, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Transportation Improvement Districts: A Guide for Delaware Local Governments (with Matthew Watkins), December 2014, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Curbside Intercity Bus Industry: Research of Transportation Policy Opportunities and Challenges (with Eileen Collins and Arthur Wicks), August 2013, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Complete Communities Delaware Summit 2013: Summit Proceedings Summary (with Jessica Graham, Evan Horgan, Jeremy Rothwell, Alexa Scoglietti, Nicole Seymour, and Verity Watson), November 2013, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Formulating a Framework to Plan for Complete Communities in Delaware (with Theodore Patterson and Natasha Nau), March 2013, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Intermodal Transportation Facilities: Research of Viable Attributes and Potential to Integrate Curbside Intercity Buses (with Christopher G. Kelly and Eileen Collins), November 2013, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware: Summary Report to the City of Milford (with Natasha Nau and Christopher Anderson), Dec. 2012, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Winter Maintenance of Pedestrian Facilities in Delaware: A Guide for Local Governments, (with Brandon Rudd), February 2012, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p><p>Complete Streets in Delaware: A Guide for Local Governments, (with Claire Beck and Brandon Rabidou), December 2011, Newark, DE: Institute for Public Administration.</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass76122A0A149C4019ADD36D0ECCE487B0"><p><strong>Moderator</strong> – Two Sessions: 2018 Delaware Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) Regional Conference, October 23, 2018:</p><ul><li><strong><em>From Concept to Reality: How Communities and Agencies Can Partner to Implement Pop-Up, Demonstration Projects in Delaware</em></strong> (from theory to practical application) with Mark Luszcz, PE, PTOE (Chief Traffic Engineer, DelDOT); Tom Coleman, PE (Interim City Manager, City of Newark, Del.); Heather Dunigan (Principal Planner, WILMAPCO), and Paul Moser (Planner, DelDOT)</li><li><strong><em>Taking it to the Streets! Tactical Urbanism Best Practices in Delaware</em></strong> (practices) with Sarah Lester (Director, Cornerstone West Community Development Corporation), Susan Grasso (IPA Public Administration Fellow), Trisha Newcomer (Director of Economic Development & Community Relations at City of Seaford, Del.) and Sarah Pragg (Policy Specialist II, IPA) </li></ul><p><strong>Presenter by invitation of U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): </strong>“Road Diets: Why You're Not Losing, Only Gaining!” (with Rebecca Crowe, Transportation Specialist, Office of Safety, Federal Highway Administration; Morgan Beryl, Senior Transportation Planner, Tahoe Regional Planning Association; and Wendy Cawley, PE, Traffic Safety Engineer, City of Portland, Or.), 2018 International Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS), San Diego, California, May 17, 2018<strong>. </strong></p><p><strong>Presenter: "</strong>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware: A Local Government Planning Framework," Newark Futures Workshop, Newark, Del., June 13, 2018.</p><p><strong>Presenter by Invitation of TRB: </strong>"Research of Viable Attributes and Potential to Integrate Curbside Intercity Buses in Intermodal Transportation Facilities"<strong> </strong>(with Christopher G. Kelly), at<strong> </strong>"Data and Technology for Rural and Intercity Decision Making" session of the international 96th Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2017. The presentation highlighted findings of a paper selected for inclusion in TRB's annual compendium of papers. </p><p><strong>Poster Presentation: </strong>"<em>GIS Story Maps: A Tool to Empower and Engage Stakeholders in Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware" </em>(with Savannah Edwards). International Transportation Research Board (TRB) Public Involvement Poster Session, Committee on Public Involvement (ADA60). 96th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2017.</p><p><strong>Panel Member: "</strong><em>Evaluating the State of Mobility Management and Specialized Transportation Coordination in Delaware</em>," (with Julia O'Hanlon, Evan Miller, and Jessica Stump),<strong> </strong>Northeast Conference for Public Administration (NECoPA), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, November 11, 2016<strong>.</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>Co-Presenter</strong>: "<em>Building Local Capacity for Climate Change Planning in Delaware: An Analysis of Practices, Lessoned Learned, and Future Opportunities," </em>(with Philip J. Barnes), 2016 Maryland-Delaware APA Regional Conference, Towson, Maryland. October 14, 2016.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong><em>"Evaluating the State of Mobility Management and Specialized Transportation Service Coordination in Delaware</em>," Statewide Mobility Coordination Forum (with Julia O'Hanlon), October 18, 2016, Dover Public Library, Dover, Del. </p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong>"<em>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware</em>," Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (CUPSO) Webinar on Community Planning and Design, October 17, 2016<strong> </strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>Presenter: </strong>"<em>Complete Communities: New Online Resources for Local Officials," </em>with William DeCoursey and Sarah Pragg, 2016 Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders, Dover, DE, October 7, 2016<strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>Poster Presentation: </strong><em>GIS Story Maps: A Tool to Empower and Engage Stakeholders in Planning Sustainable Places</em>, (with Savannah Edwards), MATS UTC Annual Meeting, August 5, 2016, Charlottesville, VA.</p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong>"<em>Using Placemaking and Historic Preservation Resources to Build Complete Communities in Delaware</em>," Downtown Delaware Revitalize! Conference, Wilmington, Del., March 16, 2016.</p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong>"Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware," League of Women Voters of Sussex County, Georgetown, Del., March 16, 2016.</p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong>"Coordinating Specialized Transportation Services in Delaware," Governor's Commission on Building Access to Community-Based Services, Healthcare Committee Meeting, Dover, Del., March 18, 2016.</p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong>"<em>Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware,"</em> Newark Rotary, Newark, Del., December 17, 2015.</p><p><strong>Presenter and facilitator: </strong>"Creating Great Places with Walk Appeal." Planning Education Training Course 202: "Walk this Way! Creating ADA-Accessible Communities with Walk Appeal," December 4, 2015.</p><p><strong>Presenter</strong>: "Low-Stress Bikeability" to Newark Bicycle Committee (October 15, 2015), Dover/Kent County MPO PAC (October 27, 2015), and State Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety Committee (October 29, 2015). </p><p><strong>Poster Presentation: </strong>"The Use of Smart Growth Scorecards/Assessment Tools to Advance Sustainable Land-Use Practices" (with William Stavru), MATS UTC Annual Meeting, Wilmington, DE (August 6, 2015)</p><p><strong>Presenter by Invitation of TRB:</strong> "<em>Research of Transportation Policy Issues of the Curbside, Intercity Bus Industry,"</em> at the international 93rd TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on January 15, 2014. </p><p><strong>Moderator by Invitation of DCT:</strong> Planning Session at Delaware Center for Transportation's (DCT) 2013 Transportation Infrastructure Forum on November 13, 2013. </p><p><strong>Co-presenter</strong>: "<em>Tools to Plan for Healthy and Complete Communities in Delaware,"</em> 2012, (with William DeCoursey and Andrew Homsey), Maryland-Delaware APA Regional Conference, Columbia, Maryland. October 18, 2012. </p><p><strong>Facilitator and Presenter</strong>: <em>Curbside Intercity Bus Transportation Policy Forum</em>, Newark, Del., June 13, 2012<em>.</em><em> </em></p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass5E941198EF804D3E87B8E4B0C2A6FB33"><p></p><h4>Transportation and land-use policy; municipal management; management and policy analysis; local government budgeting and finance; grant writing and administration; local economic development, public policy research and analysis; local government training; comprehensive planning; public engagement and civil society; the intersection of health, transportation planning, and communiity design. <br></h4><p></p></div> | Experience | Professional Memberships | Publications | Presentations | Research Interests | | msscott@udel.edu | | Scott, Marcia S. | Fax: 302-831-3488 | | <img alt="Marcia Scott" src="/Images%20Bios/Scott_Marcia.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Senior Fellow, IPA | | | | | | | | www.completecommunitiesde.org | <div class="ExternalClass38991FE39E304304BE6A5F353594E18B"><p>MCM (Master of City Management), East Tennessee State University 1984, City Management</p><p>BA, Gettysburg College 1981, Sociology</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass8F6FC84AF1BD4B21B4449B5CDC3A49F9"><p>Certificate – University of Delaware Basic Mediation Training (2007)</p><p>ICMA Annual Conference Scholarship Recipient (1985)</p><p>Phi Kappa Phi – National Honor Society (1984)</p><p>Pi Gamma Mu – The International Social Science Honor Society (1983-1984)</p><p>Pi Sigma Alpha – National Political Science Honor Society (1983)</p></div> | | | | | | | | |
